Death, Sex & Money - Financial Therapy: A Secret Gambling Addiction
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🗓️ 4 August 2021
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Summary
In the first of three financial therapy sessions, a couple we're calling Cora and Garrett talk with therapist Amanda Clayman about the events that led to a breakdown of financial trust between them.
Financial Therapy with Amanda Clayman is a special series from Death, Sex & Money. Listen to past episodes at deathsexmoney.org/financialtherapy.
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| 0:00.0 | This is financial therapy from death sex and money. |
| 0:04.5 | It did not fit into my narrative for my life or how it could go. |
| 0:09.0 | That I would have a husband who would gamble. |
| 0:10.9 | Like, that just didn't even occur to me as a possibility, you know? |
| 0:14.5 | I felt that I had just really let Cora down, and I wasn't in a good place with my professional life |
| 0:20.6 | because everything has been |
| 0:22.1 | and was so uncertain at the time that it was like, I don't have a purpose and I'm also like a, |
| 0:28.0 | you know, I'm an addict. Like this sucks. I'm in a sale. |
| 0:33.9 | Late last year, we got an email from a listener. We're calling Cora. |
| 0:38.9 | My husband and I recently hit a pretty intense rough patch regarding our financial life, |
| 0:43.5 | mental health, and the trust in our relationship in general. It's brought about a lot of |
| 0:47.9 | important growth for both of us, but at great expense, literally and figuratively. |
| 0:53.6 | Cora is 26. She lives near Detroit with her husband. And that rough patch, she mentioned, |
| 0:59.1 | it was really rough. Cora and her husband, whom we're calling Garrett, both struggled to find |
| 1:04.5 | work during the pandemic. Then Garrett secretly got into online gambling, ended up deeply in debt, |
| 1:12.4 | and tried to kill himself. |
| 1:16.6 | And just a heads up, we will be talking more about that later on. |
| 1:24.3 | I want to emphasize here, this whole series is about the importance of getting help when you are struggling with your mental health. |
| 1:28.7 | We have resources in our show notes, including where to call if you were having thoughts of suicide yourself. |
| 1:30.6 | Please reach out. |
| 1:32.7 | Cora and her husband Garrett have been getting a lot of professional help since going through |
| 1:37.1 | all of that last year. |
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